Background
Clauson grew up in Iowa and served in World War I in early adulthood.
Clauson grew up in Iowa and served in World War I in early adulthood.
In 1919 he graduated from the Palmer College of Chiropractic and later set up a practice in Waterville, Maine.
After that he rose in Waterville"s politics and in 1956 became mayor. He served for a year as mayor before being elected Governor, dying while in office in 1959. As a politician, he was deemed to be a conservative Democrat.
His death led to State Senate President Republican John H. Reed"s becoming governor.
In 1961, the Maine Legislature voted to name two bridges over the Kennebec River in Fairfield on the then-under construction Interstate 95 the Clinton A. Clauson Memorial Bridges. The bridges were completed in 1964 and rehabilitated from 2013-2014.
Maine Democratic Party, Democratic Party.
He entered politics in 1928 as a member of the Democratic State Committee.